Born in Athens in
1953, Stellios Prosalikas became Greeceís
national team coach in January, 2001 with the
Olympics three years later his ultimate goal.
One usually sees a gradual improvement in
results and form when building up towards such a
big event such as the Games but Prosalikasís
squad achieved several good results early on in
the Olympic cycle.

Under his command, the Greeks returned to the
World League in 2001 for the first time since
1996 and finished
ninth. They repeated this effort in 2002 before
going a couple of places better in the 2003
edition, finishing seventh. With the Olympics
just around the corner, the 2004 edition of the
World League was a case of experimenting and
working on combinations for Prosalikas. Greece
didnít progress past the preliminary phase,
finishing behind defending champions Brazil in
pool play.

But Prosalikasí best performance was in the 2002
World Championship in Argentina, where his side
caught some of their opponents on the hop and
surprisingly finished in seventh place.

A former player, Prosalikas was selected 44
times for the national team. In the course of
the 1990s he coached several Greek clubs,
including Panathinaikos, Nafpigia, Ionikos and
AEK.